The Prayer Chamber

The idea of SAGRADOSE was not a thing before July, 2026. In June of 2026, had you told me what my life would look like today, I’d ask for a bump of whatever you’re smokin’. The path here is just crazy enough that I wanted to capture it here, if for no other reader than myself.

When I was a sophomore in high school I joined a band. A friend at high school introduced me to a whole new sound that was too obscure for the run-of-the-mill radio stations in the Midwest like KZ93. The sound was coming almost exclusively out of the UK from acts like Joy Division, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Cure, YAZ, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and so on.

The Christian culture I grew up in was such that I had next-to-no access to art that was deemed “secular,” meaning worldly. My parents allowed a slightly more lax approach than the church rules (literally rules written in a manual as an addendum to the Bible) allowed. So my sisters and I were blessed to have records in the house from Barry Manilow and Kenny Rogers (I hope you’re detecting the sarcasm). What would not have been allowed? Pipelines to modern thought through art, and Mtv chief amongst them.

For someone born into a church-going family, Christianity seemed to me to be a set of things you could (should) not do. This is a whole other topic for another time, but put a pin in this nugget as it does play into this story of how SAGRADOSE became a thing.

OK, back to the band, The Prayer Chamber. The lineup included a singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer, and me playing a monophonic 25-key keyboard rented for $25 per month from the local music gear store.

We wrote original songs and performed all of maybe 2 or 3 “shows.” Our run lasted for less than a year or so, but it was more than sufficient time for me to develop a taste for creating and storytelling with music.

The hook was set.

Music has always been central to my window into life. Regardless of the stage of life I was in, I was generally on stage. This has taken many forms over many years.

What took place in the summer between my junior and senior year of high school would shape my music creation path for years to come.

Stay tuned for the next chapter. Speaking of, the following is the list (so far) of chapters of this story.

Religion
7th Angel + Lawman
Leaderdogs for the Blind
Bouncing around
Live Coal
3Flow
RCBand
Logic Pro
Middle of a Dream
Acoustic music
Bangupstate
Leaderdogs pt. II
Separation (marriage, and the church)
Rogers Park
Walkers Point
Lyndon Perry Music
Reggae
Asheville
The pharmacist
The journey
Universal Sines
Journey playlists
DOGE
AI
All signs point to
Liquid Bloom + Porangui
FlowJam Festival trip
Savej remix
The Ancient Future Collective
Supposed to Be
SAGRADOSE
Mariposa Azul -> Panama